ARGOMENTO:

The 43 EGI-Engage project partners from Europe, the US and six countries in the Asia-Pacific region will collaborate on a framework for the Open Science Commons to provide researchers from across many disciplines with convenient access to digital services, data, knowledge and expertise in support of their research goals. According to Tiziana Ferrari, EGI-Engage Project Director and EGI.eu Technical Director, the project’s main aim is to “expand the capabilities of a European backbone of federated e-Infrastructure services for research.”

As described in the proposal, “Open Science Commons seeks to encompass all the elements required for a functioning ERA: research data, scientific instrumentation (such as the Large Hadron Collider or Square Kilometre Array), ICT services (connectivity, computing, platforms and research-specific services such as portals), and knowledge.” Undergirding the realization of such a comprehensive, collaborative framework are the digitalization of the research process and the globalization of scientific community